Casebia Counts On Collaboration In Its Climb To Leadership In Gene Therapy

An Interview With CEO Jim Burns

Casebia Therapeutics, a three-year old start-up in the hotly contested gene therapy space, is the product of a remarkably relaxed joint venture between the German multinational giant Bayer and CRISPR Therapeutics, a leader in conducting the first clinical trial involving the CRISPR-Cas9 editing platform. 

Burns_Jim
Jim Burns, CEO of Casebia

Rarely has any big pharma-biotech joint venture been so strategic – and so generous – in grafting existing expertise onto a start-up, from the ground up. And Bayer has gained some welcome protection against the distractions of the company’s recent – and controversial – diversification into lines of business beyond patented medicines.

Jim Burns, CEO of Casebia Therapeutics, expects the company’s first Investigational New Drug (IND) filing with the FDA to...

In Vivo Podcast

Candid conversations with C-suite leaders.

Keep up with strategy, innovation and evolving trends across life science industries.

More from C-Suite Speaks

More from Leadership